The Kane Area School District is a small, rural,
public school district
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in southwestern
McKean County
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and in parts of
Elk County in northwestern
Pennsylvania
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, United States, in the middle of the
Allegheny National Forest
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The district encompasses an area of approximately . The district serves:
Hamilton Township,
Highland Township,
Jones Township,
Kane,
Ludlow
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Mount Jewett,
Wetmore Township and
James City. According to 2010 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 7,436. Per the
US Census Bureau
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in 2000, it served a resident population of 8,152 people. The educational attainment levels for the School District population (25 years old and over) were 87% high school graduates and 14% college graduates.
In 2009, the district residents’
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
was $16,573, while the
median family income
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was $39,826. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In McKean County, the median household income was $41,351. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.
Schools
The Kane Area School District operates three schools: Kane Area Elementary School (K-5), Kane Area Middle School (6-8) and
Kane Area High School (9-12).
Extracurricular activities
Kane Area School District has many varsity and junior varsity sports. All athletic contests are under the jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association rules and regulations for that particular sport.
There are also a variety of non-athletic activities available to students throughout the district.
The Kane Wolves won the Allegheny Mountain League football championship in November, 2007 and were 10-0 for the season. It was the first 10-win season in Kane history. The team's football coach—Jason Barner—was named AML Coach-of-the-Year.
[Smith, L. (2007, November 9). Barner named coach of the year. In The Kane republican. Retrieved
March 16, 2008, from The Kane Republican Newspaper Web site: http://www.kanerepublican.com/
content/view/19778/33/]
Kane's first undefeated football team completed the 1963 season a perfect 9–0.
Kane won the 1949 Class B state championship in boys basketball.
The boys' soccer team won 5 consecutive UAVSL League Championships from 2002–2006 and the 2003 District IX championship. That team advanced into the PIAA Quarterfinals in the state tournament.
Notable people
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Chuck Daly
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, basketball coach
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Amy Rudolph
Amy Lynn Rudolph (born September 18, 1973) is a retired United States, American middle-distance running, middle- and long-distance runner who competed mostly in the 5000 meters. She represented her country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starti ...
, Olympic runner
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School districts in Elk County, Pennsylvania
School districts in McKean County, Pennsylvania